Is anyone surprised?

"Stagnant unemployment, shrinking tax revenue and a struggling economy threaten to quadruple the size of last year's federal budget deficit, raising more questions about the timing of costly proposals to overhaul health care."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-08-10-deficit_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Anyone in government who is honestly surprised by this news should be fired for incompetence.